The
Fula language, also known as
Fulani (Fula:
Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; ) is a non-tonal language spoken as various closely related dialects, in a
continuum that stretches across some 20 countries of
West and
Central Africa. Like other related languages such as
Serer and
Wolof, it belongs to the
Atlantic branch of the
Niger–Congo language family. It is spoken as a first language by the (Fula or
Fulani people) and related groups (such as the
Tukulor in the
Senegal River Valley) from
Senegambia and
Guinea to
Cameroon and
Sudan. It is also spoken as a second language by various peoples in the region, such as the
Kirdi of Northern Cameroon and North-Eastern Nigeria.